The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-08-21
MEETING DEATH TOGETHER.
MISS PAYNE SUBMITS TO DEATH BE.
SIDE HER INSANE MOTHER

MISS PAYNE SUBMITS TO DEATH BE.
SIDE HER INSANE MOTHER
md her Daughter Die by Their Own
Unnds-Their Bodies Lie Undiseovered
for Four Dnys-Their Dying Request.
Lying dead side by side on bed In one Of
the back rooms on the second floor Of the tall
tenement house at 81 Charles street was found
yesterday morning the bodies Of Mre. Malvina
n. W. Payne and hcr daughter, Anna NJ. Payne.
They had been dead four or five days. There
was deep cut on the inside Of the
elbow Of the daughters left arm. and there
were similar cuts on both arms Of tho
mother. An old fashioned rush bottom
chair stood near the bed on the side nearest
the mother. and on 1t were razor with a white
handle, an empty four-ounce bottle. labelled
laudanum. and sealed letter. The writing
on the envelope was almost hidden by spots Of
blood. 1t read:
Whoever finds this send II INN ediately to Nss n. A.
Weed, IL West Twelfth street, Now York.
1t was written IN a clear, strong, womans
hand. The following, in the same hand, evil
IDENTITY the daughters, was inside the envelope:
10 Aus H. 4. Weed IL wess Nceleh street.
DEAR FRIEND: II anything happens that are both
Rural Cemetery in oaken casketsi Mr.. James 8. Burne
the cemetery knows where lot Is My mother has
$lsl In the Bleecker Street Bank for savngs have
money In the above bank, also in the Bowery Savings
and In the Dry Dock on Third avenue These amounts
will pay all expenses and what 10 left after the funeral
expenses have been paid We both tmy mother and
iSsny have Raehsa ;nd Il ssSsa ~:
at sss .
house arc to DO given the poor
rh,. the request Of Anna NJ Payne and her mother
s:s.1 ss HHs;Bs
Do please crafty these last requests
Then followed in tho trembling handwriting
OF the mother:
And may God forgive uA for we were driven to it.
alone no one to onr FER Su and
Wee do do grant these last wishes want to rest
"s p ,s;s s:: ss t. being
81 c Goa ray @
Enclosed, on another piece OF paper. was this
note:
s.Sas:,s WI yea IL 10 q ses attend ,s.%'
S.:sy e.;
q %.n d .P sy Is
family. Tell our relatives where we lay
On the mantel piece was sheet OF note pa
per on which was written:
ora RELATIONS.
Henry Martyr. "a seelye avenue, Cleveland, o.
s. n. Talbot willoughby, Lake county, o.
Julia A. Mansfield, Chateaugay Franklin county n r
"A woman living In tho same house called at
the Charles street station on Friday night to
complain OF stencil , coming from the Payne
and daughter had gone to the country and left
some ill-smelling garbage in tho room. No at
tention was paid to the complaint. but early
house called at the station and said that tho
stencil was driving the inmates OF the house
Herman TIE landlord
had investigated for himself by climbing down
d hs fire ysss snd 1ss Ha ad 5h back
and told what he had seen. Capt Copeland
Mrs. Payne and her danghter had lived in N two
,Ss one bbeng fhs living abd
old and plain but in good order, and. but for
the disordered bed. the rooms were tidy.
On bureau was small wooden box filled
en to- sas is'fGs IF ses Rsnd
a deed to a lot in tho Albany Rural Cemetery
dated 5he JAM name g " anG i re Pdyas nna
sSsng y dsisd $ri2 * 1s$4 ana ShisS %ss
street and on May :, 1885, to 25s West Six:
teenth street. Pinned to a small waterproof
bag lying near the bed. and containing other
papers, was card addressed to j. Z. Thomas,
The Miss Weed to Whom ths 81 Strange
late TSaElSw Weed, and Word was sent to h se
house. Miss Weed. however, knew very little
h history the dead w Ms
Whsn shey s same E NY P5S T4s IT,. i%Wts55
twenty yeurs ago. Soon after, Mrs. Payne
s sRa Miss ws sspsass af a mother as this
Anna Was then a Girl q %. and pretty, She She
a hsd Sh ssl H Ffers ss sso
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s'P aoze PLACE. Hds mGt ad tssssi
os ss1ns e sSn she was Soa h
needle and by her own efforts supported her
son s eacSsr fs
s to the r. tho N Ne Rdl sa w
f fas wa. at much The asssd s. DEATH Msi
Ser hsf mind ned shS s s 5f he. or
duet She eoptinged to work with her needle
Snd sho cond Do fs e Tor q Miss
Anna, meantime, was teaching In Grammar
School Is, at Houston and Suffolk streets, at
S45 month. but this sum was not sufficient
for their wants, and Miss Weed helped them
with money at various times.
Not long ago Mrs. Payne submitted to a
surgical operation, and was afterward an in
mate at the Trinity Infirmary in Varick street
thought to be- harmless. The fear that she
must soon go to an insane asylum, however.
preyed on her mind. She began to talk to her
daughter about suicide. and she even spoke to
Miss Weed. while at her house about two
weeks ago, of her plans to kill herself.
ers affiiction preyed upon her mind. and she
told Miss Weed recently that she thought tho
trouble was driving her mad. She wanted to
have her mother committed to the Middletown
asylum, and application was made before
Judge Donohue ten days ago for an order to
send her there.
On Monday last about O'Clock mother and
daughter left their rooms together. and spoke
In The house. They said they were going into
the country tho next day. and Mrs. Armbrustor